BOMs

OMG, it's almost October. I can't believe how quickly this month is rolling by.

Here are the two blocks of the month projects for everyone.

Lazy Hearts and When Nature Calls..... enjoy!

O Christmas Tree Finale

This is it.... the finish. My friend Amy suggested the holly border but I had already sewn the star border on. Her idea stuck with me and I couldn't resist adding it. Thank you Amy!  It measures 36" by 46 1/2".  Love it!

Stash Bustin' Time - Part 2

 This is the design that inspired me. This one calls for blue and  tone-on-tone half square triangles but I had something else in mind.

Here's what I have so far. I like the layout and plan on sewing it together ASAP.
(each block measures 6 1/2")
 I'll be auditioning border fabric early this week...... one of those "know it when I see it" borders.... LOL

Stash Bustin' Time

 A couple of years ago, my "wacky" friends came up with an idea of trading 2 1/2" squares. So we began cutting and cutting and cutting..... 1200 squares later, I still have squares left..... what to do? Hummmmmm

 I scanned through some of my quilting magazines. This one is from 2008 but has some great designs. I chose a nine patch mixer which I will reveal later.

36 nine patches are done but not trimmed up yet. That's will have to wait until tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Mixer

This quilt is what I call a "mixer" because I have incorporated the blocks from one of my favorite authors.

Bea Oglesby is fantastic quilter, designer and author of several applique' books. I looked through the books, chose what I loved the most then began gathering fabrics from my stash. And I must say that choosing fabrics was just as much fun as the actual making of each block and this is a great way to get rid of use up some of that fabric.  As I found the fabrics I placed them in clear sleeves along with a photo-copy of the block I wanted to make. All of this was kept in a 3 ring binder. For once I was organized..... LOL

One the blocks were made, then came deciding how to put the quilt together. I was looking in a quilting magazine (can't remember which one) and saw an Attic Window article...... lightbulb moment!!!  I really love how this turned out.

Measures 64 by 64.

Two Block Star Quilts

I drafted this design a few years ago because I was fascinated with half square triangles and solid blocks. Plus, I was experimenting with extending my design to get a secondary pattern, which is demonstrated in the first quilt below.  This quilt was done in two colors, gold and black. I was very pleased to get a radiating type of design with framing at each corner.

This quilt measures 40 inches square.

The next 2 quilts, I was playing with colors. My favorite is the pink and green one.

The pink/green quilt measures 30" X 40" and the red/white/blue measures 25" X 35".

I used fabrics from my stash in the making of each quilt attempting to lower the volume..... LOL

Where Have I Been?

Good question.
I've been attending a church conference with Mom.... very uplifting and a little time to "bond" with Mom.  I did visit with several folks that I hadn't seen since last year and walked away with some great ideas to take back to my church.
I'll be back to the sewing world next week.

O Christmas Tree Borders

I was inspired, motivated, energized, coerced, compelled...... there's seems to be no real word to describe what I went through to get the borders on my Christmas wall hanging but it's done. Now, I thinking of adding gold stars to each corner. What do you think?  BTW, no new fabrics were used in the making of this little quilt. (rough measurement 30" by 40")

O Christmas Tree

(Roughly measures 22" X 32 1/2")

The other week one of my "wacky" friends (Kathy) came up with the great idea for us all to make this little pattern.  We all moaned and groan about it but no one said "Not it!"  LOL
Anyway, this is as far as I've gotten... all that's left is a border that won't take but an hour to get sewn. If you're wondering why I'm tell you this, it's to get myself motivated.  The heat just seemed to zap my strength but now that it's cooler, I should be able to get it done...... right?

To Each His Own with......

To each his own with a little common sense......
If you're wondering what's up with this post, I'll explain. I live in Texas which is under a severe draught, meaning there has been little to no rain all summer (3 months). This means it's very, very, very dry here, the grass is brown, trees are suffering, flowers... what flowers! You get the picture. To top it all off we've had a lot of fires... very devastating but what is more, several of them have been started from someone pitching their cigarette butts out of their car windows..... which brings me to my little rant.

I have nothing against smokers and before you say, "Yea right!" My dad was a chain smokers so I've been exposed to smoke. I'm okay with that, I don't smoke myself but as I said, "To each his own." The problem I have is that if you're smoking in your car and don't use the ashtray, oh dear, what's up with that? Some of my friends have said that they have "stuff" in their ashtrays (keys, change, lipstick, etc.).... Okay, I'm not understanding that but that's just me. However, it is very careless of someone to pitch a still lit butt out of the car window, especially in TEXAS right now (I'm saying that because I live in Texas but I'm sure other draught riddled states would appreciate it as well). Please think about what you are doing with those butts.
Our firefighters place their lives on the line for us everyday but I'm just disturbed that something so careless as pitching a cigarette butt out of a car window can lead to so much destruction and death.
I didn't post this to offend anyone but just to remind all of us, please be aware.